How Do You Design A Dipole Antenna?
You can design your own dipole antenna for your favorite radio spectrum bands. Connect an antenna tuner between the antenna and your radio to fine tune its reception and transmission properties, and extend the antenna’s frequency coverage without physically altering its length. Most dipole antennas for high frequency (HF) communications will be constructed out of wire; whereas, those for very high frequencies (VHF) or ultra high frequencies (UHF) are generally made out of aluminum tubing. Locate an area outside your home where you want to install your dipole antenna. You will need two supports for it. One can be your house, the other a tree, a pole or anything else that will support your antenna at least 20 feet or higher in the air. Look at a world map and decide in which two opposite directions from your location you want to receive from or transmit to. Although your dipole antenna will have some omni-directional capabilities, its maximum sensitivity will be at right angles to its ax
